Coachella Valley Weekly - August 12 to August 18, 2021 Vol. 10 No. 22

coachellavalleyweekly.com • August 12 to August 18, 2021 Vol.10 No.22

Joi Lansing: A Body to Die For

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Cruzados

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BY CRYSTAL HARRELL

Coachella Valley Weekly (760) 501-6228

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CONTENTS Splash House 2021 ............................... 3-5 Book Review - Joi Lansing: A Body to Die For by Alexis Hunter.............................. 6

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aking a comeback, for its eighth year in the desert, Splash House returns for two sun-soaked weekends of fun and music on August 1315 and 20-22. This year’s event stretches across three Palm Springs resort hotels—the Renaissance, Margaritaville, and Saguaro— centering on chic pool areas and iconic stagefacing balconies.

The Weekend One line-up welcomes some of modern House’s biggest stars to the party like Claude VonStroke and Green Velvet super-duo Get Real, Australian forerunner Dom Dolla, French 4/4 anthemist Shiba San, Tool Room’s Mark Knight and Moon Boots (DJ Set). Some new talent will also be in attendance like Detroit’s DJ Holographic, Eskuche, Dateless, Lubelski, Sohmi and more carrying the torch. The bill is also topped by multi-genre stylings from TOKiMONSTA, Whethan, Seb Wildblood, Poolside (DJ Set), and a Tycho DJ Set. Weekend Two keeps the party alive and lets guests dance the days away with acts like CamelPhat, Gorgon City, Bob Moses (Club Set) and Yotto taking center stage as well as Indie crossover idols SG Lewis (DJ Set), The Brothers Macklovitch, San Holo, and Surf Mesa. The

poolside energy will keep going with genre leaders Bontan, Sonny Fodera, Toni Varga, Clyde P b2b Tim Baresko and more. Some of underground dance’s most prized acts round out Weekend Two, including Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (DJ Set), Galcher Lustwerk and Kim Ann Foxman.

After Hours at the Air Museum will feature more music legends, taking place in the starlit venue of the Palm Springs Air Museum.

Weekend One will feature Lane 8, Green Velvet, and Mason Maynard touchdown on the runway, followed by Weekend Two with MK, Cloonee (who will be playing at both the pools and After Hours) and a special guest.

This environment recalls the classic history of Palm Springs with hangers and retro planes to set the scene as guests dance along to the music in the desert night.

“I’m looking forward to the same great and fun experience that our fans have come to know and love. Our staff, venues, artists, and all partners in the city are eager to get back to work and we’re excited and grateful to be able to offer that opportunity and to be one of the first major events to return to the desert,” said Splash House Founder & Producer Tyler McLean. As the producer, Tyler has the responsibility of putting the show together and leading the team, operation, and creative direction.

An important initiative for this year’s event is noise reduction at the Air Museum shows. Innovative Noise Control, an acoustic continue to page 5

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consulting firm, was contracted to create a noise impact model for the venue to predict noise propagation in all directions with historical sound data to refine and implement additional noise mitigation measures for the venue audio plan. Acoustic noise barriers from Echo Barrier at the venue in addition to Dazian curtains will be installed.

These are temporary barriers that can be affixed indoors and outdoors to fencing and are designed to absorb noise with up to 41 dB attenuation. Installation will be implemented for areas identified in the INC Sound Study as most effective. The event is also contracting with Erevu Group, an audio monitoring & analysis firm, to install remote

noise monitoring systems for both Splash House weekends.

Splash House provides a chance to experience some of the best artists in the worlds of house, techno, disco and more from around the globe in a unique setting and atmosphere that fits with the desert culture.

The event did not take place last year due to COVID and following the guidance of local, state, and national authorities. Splash House will have two full days at the hotel venues on Saturday and Sunday and After Hours events on Friday and Saturday night.

“Tourism is the lifeblood of our destination and as a music festival incorporated into the heart of town, Splash House positions Palm

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Springs as a welcoming place for a young audience to visit and to have fun. That’s an incredible brand builder for our town and it translates to a returning visitor year-round,” said Tyler McLean.

Limited General Admission and Combo passes have just been released for locals at the Splash House website. The Combo Pass includes a General Admission pool pass and After Hours at the Air Museum for one weekend of Splash House. Admission includes access the host resorts (the Renaissance, Saguaro, and Margaritaville), After Hours at the Air Museum, and free transportation on festival shuttles running between the venues.

For more information and to see the full line-up, visit splashhouse.com.

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COMMEMORATE PRIDE BOOK REVIEW LOCAL BUSINESS KGAY 106.5 FM PALM SPRINGS - THE NEWEST UNDERTAKING WITH JOI LANSING: A BODY TO DIE FOR

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oi Lansing may have been the last of Hollywood’s blonde bombshells, but she was also victim to its vile, indeed murderous system of control. With Joi Lansing: A Body to Die For, author Alexis Hunter, herself a victim of studio “indentured servitude” and Lansing’s partner and spouse during the starlet’s final years, offers the tell-all now available in a new, frank edition set for these post- #MeToo years, and just in time for the tenth anniversary of marriage equality. More so, the author is currently in talks with enthusiastic producers and a noted screen writer to cast this vital story as a film or mini-series.

Hunter, a quiet activist over decades for the rights of women and the LGBTQ community, was forced--like far too many-to endure a hidden life during her years with the noted sex symbol. “I had to pose as her little sister,” Hunter explained, “and was given the name Rachel Lansing,” to explain their shared life. It is rare that such a romance can exist amidst the seductive yet destructive climate of Hollywood. Indeed, the pair forged a lasting relationship cut brutally short by the encroaching cancer Joi developed following years of breastand buttocks-enhancement injections by a rabidly profit-mad industry. Told with a still palpable love by the author, the book places the reader into the heart of a relationship that couldn’t have known it was destined for such a brief shelf life. Joi Lansing, actress and vocalist, was the tragic biproduct of maleled business thriving on the distorted body imagery of women, particularly in the time of #BeverlyKills, which we apparently are

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not as far removed from as we’d thought.

The book is a must-read as our society reevaluates whether we’ve done all we can to assure this tragedy doesn’t happen again. As Hunter states in this unfortunately timeless tale, “Joi died for beauty”.

The 2021 edition of Joi Lansing: A Body to Die For by Alexis Hunter was made available as a download on June 24, 2021, LGBTQ Pride Day and the anniversary of the Marriage Equality Act. It will soon be published in book form. See BearManorMedia.com.

he Palm Springs Gay population is estimated to be more than 50 percent of the annual resident population, making the City of Palm Springs the highest per capita gay population in the United States. It therefore seems perfectly reasonable that the desert would now have a new gay owned and operated, radio station!

KGAY106.5 radio station, is the newest undertaking for Gay Desert Guide owner and veteran broadcaster, Brad Fuhr. When asked what makes KGAY specifically identify as a ‘Gay’ radio station, Fuhr, stated “We chose the call letters because they are catchy originally, but now they take on new meaning because the station is LGBTQ owned and operated. The target audience includes all the letters in our alphabet, plus our straight allies who like to see what we are doing as taste makers in the world.”

Media representation is a powerful tool for shaping cultural understanding of people, places and groups of people like those identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or another non-gender conforming identity.

Through-out the 20th Century, the vast majority of LGBTQ media was in print and way underground for a good percentage of those years. The very first known attempt at creating LGBT radio happened in 1933 with the broadcast of a musical revue called Boys Will Be Girls, starring female impersonator Rae Bourbon.

Bourbon was headlining San Francisco’s first “Pansy” show, which he broadcast live over San Francisco radio station KFWI. The station was struggling to maintain self-sufficiency and this was the final nail in their coffin. No surprise that the program had barely started when police raided Tait’s Café, the club broadcasting the show and Bourbon was arrested.

1969 marked a watershed moment for the LGBTQ+ community as a result of the Stonewall riots in Greenwich Village, New York. Fighting back against police oppression, the riots gave birth to the LGBTQ liberation movement and the fight for LGBTQ rights. The uprising also led to changes in the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) broadcasting code.

Broadcasters agreed to treat LGBT people fairly in the media and to consult the community where possible. Although Gay representation was still minimal in the 1970s, and representation of women and people of color was significantly less, the road to more inclusivity has continued to expand.

LGBTQ media representation is critical. And there are just as many reasons to care about gender and race issues within that community— not the least of which is the importance of moving beyond traditional stereotypes and having diverse voices share their unique perspectives. Though many members of the

Brad Fuhr, founder of GayDesertGuide.LGBT and has purchased KGAY106.5 FM

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LGBTQ community do not identify specifically as, “Gay,” it has become a catch-all term when referencing Lesbian, Gay (men), Bi-sexual, Transgender and Queer people. Like many male-identified umbrella terms, it is intended to be inclusive of all.

When asked about their plans for diversity with the new KGAY radio station, Fuhr stated; “We do plan on diversifying and are actively looking for other voices to represent the segments. That includes voice talent, guests on the John Taylor morning show, writers for GayDesertGuide. LGBT and for the #ILoveGayPalmSprings podcast. We had Shann Carr as a co-host of the podcast, but she stepped away due to other commitments. I am looking for other people who can be regular guests or possibly even cohosts of the podcast.”

Fuhr, has been highly successful in the Coachella Valley with the Gay Desert Guide, an online source and business directory for the LGBTQ Community. His acquisition of KGAY106.5 Palm Springs appears on track to bolster his media success. When asked if the radio station would serve as a complimentary asset to Gay Desert Guide or work independently, Fuhr indicated that he created the company in order to combine the assets and provide content that is complimentary. He stated, “While technically they are two separate corporations, we are operating together. From content to advertising sales, the two work hand-in-hand. We have a value proposition for our advertisers to reach LGBTQ residence as well as tourists and visitors who may be planning their visit or are already here. I've worked in integrated media for a large part of my career. I know that Radio is a great driver of ears to eyeballs on our website.”

Radio stations play a critical role in society and in our communities. They form part of the critical communication channels that are used to relay information. Radio brings everyone together, it educates, entertains and promotes local businesses and news. Brad Fuhr’s newest contribution to the desert community in the form of KGAY 106.5, is destined to do great things.

In addition to music and talk, KGAY is a California benefit corporation and provides program streaming to the #ILoveGayPalmSprings podcast as well as KGAYPalmSprings.com, AM 1270 and 106.5 FM. The station will launch a new public service campaign called “KGAY Cares” for local non-profits.

For more info: KGAY1065.com gaydesertguide.com Dee Jae Cox is a playwright, director and producer. She is the Cofounder and Artistic Director of The Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Project. losangeleswomenstheatreproject.org palmspringstheatre.com

John Taylor, morning show host, KGAY106.5 FM

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he new Cruzados album came about because one day Tony Marsico’s girlfriend brought home a boombox (remember those?). “I popped in an old Cruzados cassette I hadn’t heard in a long time,” he said. “It sparked things, I got the urge to play my old songs solo and quickly set up a Facebook Live performance.” That whet his musical appetite and soon enough he was writing new Cruzados-flavored material during the Covid shutdown.

Tony Marsico is one of those protean musicians who can leapfrog from one genre to the next, without breaking a sweat.

Along with his siblings, he grew up above his parents’ Italian restaurant. All three kids were musical from the jump. Tony started on bass, Frank played drums and their sister Patty had a squeezebox she wore on her chest, long before The Who fetishized such behavior.

Tony made his bones playing in the usual cover bands and relocated to Los Angeles just as the Punk Rock was gaining a foothold.

The scene was as sprawling and diverse as the city itself. Bands like X, The Weirdos, The Germs and Fear began making a name for themselves in dingy clubs like The Masque, Madame Wong’s and The Music Machine.

Alongside them were The Plugz.

Tito Larriva (vocals/guitar) and Charlie “Chalo” Quintana (drums) formed The Plugz (sometimes known as Los Plugz), in 1977.

Along with The Zeros, they were one of the first Latino Punk bands in L.A. By the time Tony hit town they had released their debut, Electrify Me. Tito and Chalo connected with him just as The Plugz original bassist quit. So, he stepped in and guitarist Steven Hufsteter completed their new line-up.

Their sophomore effort, Better Luck was released in 1981 and received rave reviews and respectable sales. Pretty soon the band contributed a couple of indelible songs for the soon-to-be cult classic film, “Repo Man,” starring Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton. Not long after that The Plugz were playing a gig at the Music Machine when none other than Bob Dylan caught their set and became an ardent fan. He invited the four-piece to his Malibu estate to play music

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with him. Sometimes jam sessions lasted days. When Bob agreed to perform on “Late Night With David Letterman” in 1984, it was The Plugz that backed him for an incendiary three-song set.

By the mid ‘80s, Punk Rock was being edged out of the L.A. scene by Hair Metal groups like Motley Crue, Poison and Ratt. X had already outgrown the narrow confines of Punk and were filtering Country, Blues and Folk into their sound. Bands like The Blasters had been accepted at Punk clubs, even though their inspirations hewed closer to the Blues and Folk. Los Lobos took it a step further, honoring their Mexican heritage by including traditional Nortenos and Corridos into their high-voltage sets. That confluence of styles appealed to Tito, Chalo, Tony and Steven. Soon enough they ditched The Plugz moniker and became The Cruzados.

They began honing their sound around town and record labels took notice. They inked a deal with EMI Records and actually made an album, but it was shelved during a regime change at the label. Relocating briefly to New York City, they played at the venerable Punk club, C.B.G.B.’s. Back in Hollywood they organized a showcase at Club Lingerie. Arista head honcho Clive Davis was in the audience and signed the band.

At that point, the label was best known for milquetoast acts like Barry Manilow and Air Supply. But Clive earned some street cred in the ‘70s when he signed Patti Smith and Lou Reed.

Their self-titled debut arrived in 1985, despite solid reviews, sales were modest.

However, a number of well-connected fans like David Byrne, Brian Setzer and John Fogerty began singing their praises. In turn, they were added as an opening act for heavy-hitters like Joe Cocker, Billy Idol and INXS. Two years later they released their second effort, After Dark. Steven Hufsteter had left the band (for love) and taking his place was guitarist Marshall Rohner.

Some of Cruzados rough edges had been smoothed over, but the record featured their patented blend of Roots Rock, courtly Spanish accents, and heartfelt vocals. Stevie Nicks became so infatuated with the song

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“Bed Of Lies,” that she invited the band to be the opening act for Fleetwood Mac’s epic “Tango In The Night” tour. Although the music press consistently hyped the band as “the next big thing,” when that prediction failed to come true, they decided to call it quits in the early ‘90s.

Tito went on to make a name for himself scoring soundtracks like Desperado and From Dusk To Dawn. Steven was a sporadic presence on the music scene, forming his own band Shrine and later playing in Division Men. Chalo formed The Havalinas which made one superlative record. He spent years playing drums in Bob Dylan’s touring band before joining Social Distortion. Sadly, he suffered a fatal heart attack in 2018.

Marshall played in T.S.O.L. and Jimmy & The Mustangs. Unfortunately, an addiction to intravenous drugs led to arrests, jail time and an A.I.D.S. diagnosis. He died from A.I.D.S.-related causes in 2005.

Tony’s career has never really slowed down. He’s been a session bassist for artists as disparate as Pee Wee Herman to Willie Nelson and Neil Young. On the road he’s handled bass duties for Matthew Sweet, Roger Daltrey and Marianne Faithfull. He’s played musicians in movies like “L.A. Story,” “Georgia” and “Roadhouse,” He’s also written a few books, recently recorded two albums as half of the Americana duo, Cisco & Dewey and released a solo record. As leader of his Jazz/Swing combo, The Martini Kings, he’s recorded over 20 albums, their music

BY ELENI P. AUSTIN has been featured in television and film.

An in-demand live act, constant touring has found them playing for Presidents, Captains of industry and a Kardashian or two.

While he hoped he could record these new songs with Tito and possibly Steven, geography and the lockdown made that nearly impossible. So, he decided to form a new iteration of Cruzados. Reaching out to guitarist Mark Teralgia, he in turn reconnected Tony with his and Chalo’s old Little Caesar pals, guitarist Loren Molinare and vocalist Ron Young.

Signed to the Geffen imprint DGC, Little Caesar’s eponymous 1990 debut eked out a place on the charts thanks to a ballsy-butsoulful take on Aretha’s “Chain Of Fools.”

There was just one problem, the guys were less then, um, telegenic. MTV was wall-towall pouty, pretty boys, bedazzled in scarfs, spandex, lipstick, leather, lace and hairspray.

The Caesar guys didn’t stand a chance. They lost crucial label support and broke up after two albums. But the Little Caesar flame never fully extinguished and the band has remained active on and off since the dawn of the 21st century. Recently, they added Mark and drummer Rob Klonel to their lineup. Tony was hoping to find a drummer with the skills and finesse that Chalo possessed, Rob quickly passed the test.

The record opens with the one-two punch of “On The Tilt a Whirl” and “Across This Ghost Town. “…Tilt..” is propelled by a pile-driving beat, slashing guitars, searchand-destroy bass and menacing keys. Ron’s whiskey-soaked rasp wraps around lyrics that equate falling in love to a carnival ride; “Hold tight, round and round we go, feel the fire my dead-end girl/Tonight all the dreams that you sow, come alive on the tilt-a-whirl.”

Guitars crash and drums thunder on the break, bass lines navigate the circumference of the melody, feinting between pounding piano notes. On the final verse stuttery guitar feedback corkscrews beneath the vocal as the song shudders to a stop.

www.coachellavalleyweekly.com Hot on the heels of “…Tilt A Whirl’s” Bluesy bluster, “Across…” executes a stylistic 180 and sticks the landing. Shimmery rhythm guitar partners with tensile bass, stinging lead guitar riffs, a kick-drum beat and a tambourine shake. The melody is a Countrified, California cousin to Van Morrison’s “And It Stoned Me” as well as the Band classic, “The Weight.” Lyrics spin a spooky yarn worthy of Louis L’Amour and Stephen King. A stranded traveler stumbles across a deserted boom town; “Heard about the saints and sinners trying to strike it rich, living in the devil’s playground, found dead in a ditch, tonight the souls of a thousand men, they weigh heavy on me they stripped the lives of the innocent, in the name of prosperity.” Sandblasted guitars intertwine on the break, locking into a spectral groove that buzzsaws across this phantasmagoric tableau.

For this Cruzados effort, the Latin influences have receded a bit, allowing for a more raw, stripped-down Blues-inflected sound to emerge. That is especially true on two tracks, “Nine Million Tears” and “Long Black Car.” The former has a Garage Rock urgency powered by souped-up guitars, vroom-y keys, wily bass lines, Voxx-ified organ colors and a batter-ram beat. Lyrics limn the frisson of physical attraction; “Feel the fire, the touch of her fingertips, her desire, the lure of her tender lips, a naked kiss, a kiss of sorrow/A rush of air a blinding light, the final breath up a winding flight, the pain you feels like pleasure” It’s like one of those Penthouse Forum letters set to music!

Guitars rev briefly on the break before reaching supersonic heights.

The latter, co-written with one-time Fleetwood Mac guitarist, Rick Vito, locks

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Coachella Valley Brewery – Open Mic – 7pm Cunard’s – Bill Baker – 6pm Jazzville@Agua Caliente P.S. – Pino Noir Quartet – 7pm Kitchen 86 – Jojo Malagar – 7pm La Quinta Brewery – Courtney Chambers – 7pm Lit @ Fantasy Springs – Rob Staley – 7pm Melvyn’s – Mikael Healey – 5pm O’Caine’s – Midlife O’Crisis – 6pm The Nest – Bryan Magsayo – 6pm The Slice – Leanna Rogers – 5-8pm The Village – Rob & JB – 5:30-8:30pm, Rapmarz – 10pm, DJ LF – 10pm

Friday, August 13

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into an infectious Blues-Boogie that echoes ZZ Top’s epochal “Tush” (R.I.P. Dusty Hill). A locomotive rhythm connects with muscular guitars and roiling bass lines. A Noir-ish narrative tracks a couple in love and on the lam. Their ending isn’t pretty; “When we opened our eyes, everything was fine, felt the cool night air and your hand in mine, looked down below through the smoke and the fire, while the tunnel of light kept pulling us higher/A crowd gathered ‘round the crash in the night, the twist in the road where the moon shone bright, there in the front seat, two faces I could see, when I realized it was you and me.”

This album is packed with superlative songs, but four stand out. “Wing And A Prayer” growls like a junkyard dog. Feral guitar riffs and prowling bass lines are shackled to a punishing backbeat. The lyrics find a condemned man counting down his time, defiant one minute, penitent the next; “I been counting, counting down the days, I’m going out now, down in a blaze/I sit and wait now like a loaded gun, till my time is up and my debt is done.” Slashing guitars bookend each verse and on the break Mark unleashes a torrent of licks that snap, crackle and pop.

The title track is fully locked and loaded.

Chunky power chords and serrated bass lines are wed to an insistent Bo Diddley Beat. The lyrics paint a vivid portrait of a sly femme fatale who wields her physical attributes like a weapon; “There’s a coldhearted woman and she’ll make you plead, she’s gonna make you beg, she’s gonna make you bleed, she’ll make you drop down to your knees, and make you lose all reality.”

On the break, sinewy electric riffs link up with corrosive bottleneck notes, On the

Lit @ Fantasy Springs – Remix – 9pm Mastro’s – Nikki Dickinson – 6:30pm Melvyn’s – Mikael Healey – 5pm O’Caine’s – Midlife O’Crisis – 6pm Pete’s Hideaway – Darci Daniels – 7pm Rockyard@Fantasy Springs – 5150 (Van Halen, The Sammy Hagar Years Tribute) and Steel Rod – 7pm The Hood – TBA – 9pm The Nest – Jojo Malagar – 6pm The Slice – Marc Antonelli – 5:30-8:30pm The Village – Rob & JB – 5:30-8:30pm, Rapmarz – 10pm, DJ LF – 10pm, DJ Gio the Ace – 9pm Twelve @ Fantasy Springs – Mark Gregg and Co. – 7-10pm Wildest – Derek Jordan Gregg – 6-9pm

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Ace Hotel – DJ – noon – poolside Bart Lounge – DJs Mick Mac and Gotti – 8pm Big Rock Pub – Derek Jordan Gregg – 7:30pm Casuelas Café – Flashback Boyz – 7:15pm Cunard’s – Bill Baker – 6pm Four Twenty Bank – TBA – 6pm

break, sinewy electric riffs ride roughshod over corrosive bottleneck licks, whipcrack handclaps and a rattlesnake-shake rhythm.

The action slows briefly for “Sad Sadie.”

Chiming acoustic notes lattice over ringing electric riffs, burnished piano and weepy pedal steel. While Sadie’s pain is real, it’s source remains elusive; “It was a two-lane bumpy highway that led you to heartache, and you just cry now in a river of tears, enough to make the levee break.” Tony’s old friend, John Doe, lead vocalist of X, adds some plaintive harmonies to this lonesome lament. “Let Me Down” is another “you done me wrong” song, but the pathos is leavened by a crisp melody and combustible arrangement. Prickly guitars are matched by flinty bass and a walloping rhythm. Ron’s vocals are suitably morose as he unspools this sad-sack saga; “You left the backdoor open with a note up on the bed, reminding me that what we had is over and dead, you even left the cupboards bare not even a crust of bread, I’ve been dying inside this house of hell, just hanging by a thread.”

Luckily Dave Alvin lightens the mood with a whipsaw guitar solo and Los Lobos’ own David Hildalgo is also on hand, providing some conjunto-flavored accordion.

Other interesting songs include the punchy “54 Knockouts” and the gutbucket see-saw of “Son Of The Blues,” the album closes with “Rock The Boat.” If it were possible for Blues great Billy Boy Arnold and Psychedelic Pop Rocker Tommy James to have a musical love child, it might sound like “Rock The Boat,” as it lands somewhere between “I Wish You Would” and “Hanky Panky.” Anchored by sidewinder guitars, smoky harmonica, and lanky bass lines, Rob rides the hi-hat atop a hard-charging

Hotel Zoso – Flamingo Pool Party w/ DJ Ax – noon-6pm Lit @ Fantasy Springs – Remix – 9pm Mastro’s – Jojo Malagar – 7:30pm Melvyn’s – Mikael Healey – 5pm Palm Canyon Roadhouse – The Refills – 9pm Rockyard@Fantasy Springs – Motley Inc. (Motley Crue Tribute) and Steel Rod – 7pm The Hood - Comedy Night – 9pm The Nest – Nikki Dickinson – 6pm The Slice – Leanna Rogers – 5:30-8:30pm The Village – Rob & JB – 1-4pm, Rapmarz – 10pm, DJ LF – 10pm, DJ Gio the Ace – 9pm Twelve @ Fantasy Springs – Mark Gregg and Co. – 7-10pm Wildest – TBA – 6-9pm

Sunday, August 15

Bart Lounge – Latina Night w/ DJ LF – 8pm Coachella Valley Brewery – Acoustic Afternoon w/ Tim Scott, Matt Davin and Miguel Arballo – 3pm Hotel Zoso – Flamingo Pool Party w/ DJ Manny – noon-6pm Kitchen 86 – Jojo Malagar – 7pm Mastro’s – Nikki Dickinson – 6pm

August 12 to August 18, 2021 backbeat. Lyrics flip the script on Noah’s apostolic origin story; “40 days and 40 nights, the rain came down with all it’s might, God told Noah to build a boat, get two chickens and get two goats/He said get some rum and hold on tight, it’s gonna be a hell of a night, listen now or you won’t get far, get some drums and two guitars.” If you’re thinking that maybe this was how Yacht Rock was invented, well, you’d be wrong.

Guitars and harmonica careen from port to starboard, bow to stern and it’s all hands on deck. “Tonight we we drink, tonight we stand, full speed ahead, turn up the band.”

It’s a rollicking end to a great record.

Along with Dave Alvin, John Doe and David Hidalgo, several special guests were on hand including Los Lobos saxophonist Steve Berlin, ex-Graces vocalist Gia Ciambotti, Buck Johnson on keys, Janelle Frese on percussion, Greg Kuehn on piano, Bill Maresh on pedal steel, Melanie Vammen (formerly Along with Messrs. Alvin, Doe and Hidalgo, several well-known pals added their talents. From Los Lobos saxophonist Steve Berlin, ex-Graces vocalist Gia Ciambotti, Buck Johnson (Aerosmith, Hollywood Vampires) on keys, and Janelle Frese on percussion, to Greg Kuehn (T.S.O.L., Bob Dylan) on piano, Bill Maresh (Dwight Yoakam) on pedal steel, Melanie Vammen (formerly of the Pandoras and the Muffs) on organ and Jimmy Z. (Eurythmics, Tom Petty, Dr. Dre) on harmonica.

She’s Automatic is carpe diem music. Tony Marsico has seized the day, and along with Ron, Loren, Mark and Rob, he’s recalibrated the Cruzados sound. This is full-throttle, 21st century Roadhouse Rock. Somewhere Chalo and Marshall are smiling.

Melvyn’s – Mikael Healey – 5pm Palm Canyon Roadhouse – Mikole Kaar Jazz Event – 2-5pm, Sunday Night Jam – 6-11pm The Hood – Open Mic – 8pm The Nest – Jojo Malagar – 7pm The Slice – Sergio Villegas – 5-8pm The Village – Rapmarz - 10pm Wildest – TBA – 6-9pm

Monday, August 16

The Nest – The Trebles – 6:30-9:30pm The Village – DJ Gio the Ace – 9pm

Tuesday, August 17

Cunard’s – Bill Baker – 6pm Four Twenty Bank – Mikole Kaar and the Kaar Club – 4:20-7:20pm Lit @ Fantasy Springs – Brad’s Pad – 7-10pm The Nest – The Trebles – 6:30-9:30pm The Slice – Sergio Villegas – 5-8pm The Village – DJ Gio the Ace – 9pm

Wednesday, August 18

Cunard’s – Bill Baker – 6pm Melvyn’s – Mikael Healey – 5pm The Cantina – T- Bone Karaoke – 7pm The Nest – The Trebles – 6:30-9:30pm The Slice – Marc Antonelli – 5-8pm The Village – DJ Gio the Ace – 9pm, Banda Revolucion – 10pm

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SCREENERS

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NEW FOR THE HOME THEATER

BY ROBIN E. SIMMONS The best thing about this film is the utterly convincing wildfire effects that surround Hannah and her young charge.

A nice extra is fascinating a making of featurette. Warner Bros. Blu-ray.

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n a personal note, I am not convinced movie lovers are flocking back to theaters. My experience in the last few days suggests people are enjoying their home theater choices from a bounty or new releases of current and vintage titles.

A theatrical showing of Disney’s “Jungle Cruise” was sparsely attended. However, last weekend's Palm Springs premier of local actor Udo Kier’s heartfelt “SWAN SONG” was almost sold out. I was surprised to see an audience of mostly masked attendees that remained for the Q&A with Newsweek’s former movie critic David Ansen, Udo and writer/director Todd Stephens.

There was an after-party upstairs at the Palms Springs Cultural Center (formerly the Camelot) that required a vaccination certificate to enter! No confrontations or arguments abut the policy. Maybe it’s safe to embrace the big screen experience anew?

Better safe than sorry.

DETOUR (1945) Among the most lauded of film noirs plays out the dark fatalism of a down-on-his-luck nightclub musician (Tom Neal) hitchhiking from NYC to LA who suddenly finds a dead body on his hands and nowhere to run when he steals the dead man’s car.

Things get worse when he picks up Vera, “the most vicious femme (Ann Savage) fatale in cinema history.“ Savage’s conniving drifter is a wonder to behold. Low budget auteur Edgar G. Ulmer creates indelible pulp poetry in this first major restoration. Long unavailable in a crisp, clean format, this striking edition allow for a much fuller appreciation of Savage’s hard-boiled beauty than before.

Cool extras include featurettes on Ulmer and interviews with Savage, Roger Corman, Joe Dante, Wim Wenders and film scholar Noah Isenberg. Criterion. B;lu-ray.

PIRATE TREASURE (1934) Daring aviator Dick Moreland goes to the Caribbean to recover his pirate ancestor’s looted booty. But, since this is a movie serial, it gets worse and more complicated fast.

Moreland loses his map to his rival who kidnaps his girlfriend (Dorothy Craig).

This Universal serial moves like a bullet.

Lots of fighting and big action with convincing and clearly dangerous stunts. The movie looks great, all 240 minutes and the sound is sharp.

Nice bold subtitles help. VCI/MVDvisual. Bluray.

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PROFILE Valene Kane and Shazad Latif star in the suspense thriller based on a trues story from the director of WANTED. This timely and clever film follows an undercover British journalist on her dangerous quest to bait and expose a terrorist recruiter through social media, while trying not to be seduced in by her recruiter and lured into becoming a militant extremist – or suicide bomber – herself.

This unconventional and hugely relevant thriller from director Timur Beckmambetov plays out entirely on her computer screen in the “screen life” format, You will be riveted by the real time unfolding of this ongoing faux but believable romance with lethal consequences. Recommended. Universal.

Blu-ray.

FLIGHT TO MARS (1950) From well-regarded mainstream producer Walter Mirisch, comes Lesley Selander’s now classic retro sci-fi adventure.

Clearly set in the 1940 and 50s, the amusing, sometimes serious but pretentious dialogues reflects the era and at the same time reminds of greater genre films to come like Ridley Scott’s PROMETHEUS and Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. The basic plot was lifted from a 1924 Soviet film, "Aelita, Queen of Mars."

This obviously low budget movie with clever, colorful sets and modest effects remains a fun diversion even in our advanced tech era of incredible space exploration.

The story revolves around five earthlings (the film stars Cameron Mitchell and Marguerite Chapman) who land on Mars but are “greeted” by a team of seemingly friendly Martians who are determined to get off the dying red planet by any means necessary including stealing thee Earthling’s rocket.

The big question is can our earthlings stop a Martian invasion of earth and survive long enough to somehow return to the home planet? No spoilers here.

Fascinating extras include two exclusive documentaries: Walter Mirisch: ‘From Bombs to Body Snatchers and Interstellar Travelogues: Cinema’s First Space Race.’ A cool full color booklet with essay, Mars at the Movies by Don Stradley. There’s a scholarly commentary by super film buff Justin Humphreys.

The nice looking transfer is a 4K restoration sourced from original 35mm Cinecolor

separation negatives.

(Monogram). Blu-ray.

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Detective

THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD Oscar winner Jolie stars as Hannah, a smoke jumper recovering from the loss of three young lives she failed to save from a fire.

When she comes across and bloody, battered and traumatized 12-year-old boy, the two set out together to cross miles of dense woods. Braving deadly lightning storms that challenge even Hannah’s superior survival skills, they are unaware of the true dangers they face as they’re hunted by two killers while a monstrous blaze heads straight for them.

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THE VINO VOICE

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t’s been said that if Sake is an acquired taste, then the logicians of the world claim we are divided into two kinds of people: those who have acquired the taste and those yet to acquire it. Or one can say that if you love sake immediately, then you’ve must have grown up drinking it. Although, I must say that I don’t know anyone—even Japanese themselves, who drank it when they were kids.

Anyway—we’re sort of completing our little sake discussion from last column where I wrote on learning to prepare Japanese cuisine back in day. And where I tell of my Japanese cooking instructor always opening class with a nice cold Budweiser—we never drank sake, even for our final meal.

Sake just means alcohol in Japan, whereas the rice-based drink that we know as Sake is in fact called ‘nihonshu’. Japanese alcohol made from rice. It has been made in Japan for over 1,000 years, but in the orm of premium Sake such as ginjo, only around 50 years.

Sake generally measures in at around 15–16% alcohol with just a fifth of the acidity of wine. When I hear folks say that you can substitute sake for a Sauvignon Blanc—I look at them and say, “but I like all the acidity in a Sauv blanc.”

“Okay—okay,” they respond but they say, “What it lacks in wine’s crisp, refreshing acid bite however, it more than makes up for in texture, subtlety of flavor and diversity of style. Cheers!”

Sake is brewed from rice — yes, brewed; sake production is more similar to brewing beer than wine making. When one gets into sake, you’ll learn of all the “polishing” Quality grades are determined by the polishing ratio. i.e. how much of the rice grain is milled away before the starchy core is ready to be converted by fermentation.

Grades and accompanying prices are a guide to quality but, as with wine, it can often pay to find a lower grade, premium example from a top brewery.

Perhaps the most significant contribution to the style and flavour comes from the aims and techniques of the ‘toji’, the master brewer. At the brewery, the rice is washed, steamed and cooled before roughly a fifth of the rice is spread out on wooden tables where the starch is broken down into fermentable sugar by the addition of koji mould spores.

Sake styles to know—the standard rigmarole one can read anywhere: Daiginjo – Super premium, fragrant Sake with minimum 50% polishing ratio and a very small amount of distilled alcohol added to enhance flavour and aroma. Often best served chilled.

Ginjo – Premium fragrant Sake with minimum 40% polishing ratio, similar to daiginjo.

Honjozo – Light, mildly fragrant premium Sake polished to a minimum of 70% with a small amount of distilled alcohol added to extract aroma and flavour.

Junmai – Sake made with nothing other than rice, water, yeast and koji with no

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minimum polishing ratio.

So around six years or seven years ago, my son Paolo and I went to a major L.A. hotel where the entire place became a sake convention. Every sake in the world was there with their proud brewmaster alongside, and particularly wonderful, was just about every Japanese dish possible, prepared immediately before serving was there for the taking. Talk about a foodie’s dream!!

And I attended a fair share of quick seminars on the making of sake and the different styles. Paolo didn’t join me in these meetings—he did the right thing and went on to sample as many Japanese dishes he could fit in his foodie belly. For everything I learned in the seminars, I pretty much have forgotten because I’m not an avid sake drinker. Sure—I like it; hot or cold. By itself or with a meal, but all in all, I prefer my acidic Sauv blanc.

Broadly speaking, daiginjo and ginjo, with their beguiling fruity and floral fragrances, tend to be popular as chilled drinks while honjozo and junmai can often offer a broader range of value and versatility, especially when drunk with food, and can be served at a wider range of temperatures.

But here’s the rub: sake is not traditionally paired with sushi in Japan! Yes—Martha, it’s an American thing. But talk about a great maneuver to market and sell a lot of sake!!

Beer, wine, and cocktails are the match!

At fancy Japanese restaurants, even though the somm smiles when you order sake with sushi, they’re thinking—liquid rice with more rice on your plate!? But at other eating venues, the staff doesn’t care what you order as long as your order something to drink.

But if you have to: for complex sushi rolls, use a mild sake so you don’t interfere. For spicy sushi, a Junmai is excellent because it is clean and dry and won’t throw off the spice you’re enjoying. Cheers!

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HEALTH&FITNESS

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avigating the world of fitness, to ensure a healthy mind, body and soul can be challenging, overwhelming and frustrating. Many stand in front of the mirror asking themselves the same questions: How do I lose weight? How do I gain muscle?

Do I have to buy supplements? When do I find the time to work out? Many find themselves swiping for hours on social media, or watching long form infomercials, where do I begin?

Sound familiar?

All these questions create road blocks, and the inability to move forward. In simple terms, no more excuses, results will occur through proper training, nutrition, consistency, and sleep routines.

I, Nadia Popova, a Palm Desert-based personal trainer and coach, can guide you through uncharted waters, and within the convenience of your own home. No gym membership required.

With 8 years of personal training experience, as well as competing on the biggest stages, she has the knowledge to not just answer all of the above questions, but in terms that are easy to comprehend, from the beginners to the athletes.

The hardest resistance band in our training, is usually ourselves. We hold ourselves back, and lack consistency. Consistency goes hand in hand with accountability and convenience.

How to stay accountable you may ask? It’s with a human connection, someone in your life who cares about your fitness goals, supports you, and keeps you accountable.

Imagine someone showing up at your front door with a smile and say “Let’s Go”. You would simply put on your shoes, and start moving.

These motivational moments are magnified by having a personal trainer in your life, which keeps you motivated and inspired, week after

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week. They become your best friend.

During the pandemic, gyms were forced to close, and many were forced to pivot, and alter their training regimen. Virtual workouts became a trend, and now a staple. As we continue to evolve within a “new normal”, at home training is becoming more of an option for many people, who are running businesses, and families from the comfort of their home.

My goal was to create a team of Personal Trainers who would join my journey in helping others exercise within the comfort and safety of their own home, or residential gyms.

I became a “Send Me A Trainer” franchise owner in the Coachella Valley, helping the community take steps to a healthier tomorrow.

“Send Me A Trainer” is a personal training platform that makes it easy to stay fit by having access to local certified trainers. We come to you, on your time, and based on your schedule.

The mission of our team is to inspire and motivate more people to stay active, without the intimidation of going to the gym, and have a proper nutrition outline.

There are so many effective, fun, yet challenging workouts that can be done in your living room, with just two sets of dumbbells, resistance bands and a stability ball.

The most important part of anyone’s fitness journey is to have a knowledgeable trainer who puts you through a safe and customized workout.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Consecrate” isn’t a word you often encounter in intellectual circles.

In my home country of America, many otherwise smart people spurn the possibility that we might want to make things sacred. And a lot of art aspires to do the opposite of consecration: strip the world of holiness and mock the urge to commune with sanctified experiences. But filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975) expressed a contradictory view. He wrote, “I am not interested in deconsecrating: that’s a fashion I hate. I want to reconsecrate things as much as possible, I want to re-mythicize them.” In accordance with astrological omens, Aries, I invite you to look for opportunities to do the same.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Anais Nin wrote, “I don’t want worship. I want understanding.” George Orwell said, “Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.” Poet Marina Tsvetaeva declared, “For as long as I can remember, I thought I wanted to be loved. Now I know: I don’t need love, I need understanding.” Here’s what I’ll add, Taurus: If you ask for understanding and seek it out, a wealth of it will be available to you in the coming weeks.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The English idiom “playing hard to get” means “pretending to be unavailable or uninterested so as to make oneself more attractive or desirable.” Psychologists say this strategy often works, although it’s crucial not to go too far and make your pursuer lose interest.

Seventeenth-century philosopher Baltasar Gracián expressed the concept more philosophically. He said, “Leave people hungry. Even with physical thirst, good taste’s trick is to stimulate it, not quench it. What’s good, if sparse, is twice as good. A surfeit of pleasure is dangerous, for it occasions disdain even towards what’s undisputedly excellent. Hardwon happiness is twice as enjoyable.” I suggest you consider deploying these strategies, Gemini.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Painter John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) sometimes worked alongside painter Claude Monet (1840–1926) at Monet’s home. He sought the older man’s guidance. Before their first session, Sargent realized there was no black among the paint colors Monet gave him to work with. What?! Monet didn’t use black? Sargent was shocked. He couldn’t imagine painting without it. And yet, he did fine without it. In fact, the apparent limitation compelled him to be creative in ways he hadn’t previously imagined. What would be your metaphorical equivalent, Cancerian: a limitation that inspires?

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): According to Leo author Guy de Maupassant, “We are in the habit of using our eyes only with the memory of what people before us have thought about the things we are looking at.” That’s too bad. It causes us to miss a lot of life’s richness. In fact, said de Maupassant, “There is an element of the unexplored in everything. The smallest thing contains a little of what is unknown.”

Your assignment in the next two weeks, Leo, is to take his thoughts to heart. In every experience, engage “with enough attention to find an aspect of it that no one has ever seen or spoken of.” You are in a phase when you could discover and enjoy record-breaking levels of novelty.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Poet Brigit Pegeen Kelly wrote a poem I want you to know about. She described how, when she was a child, she stayed up all night picking peaches from her father’s orchard by starlight. For hours, she climbed up and down the ladder. Her hands “twisted fruit” as if she “were entering a thousand doors.” When the stars faded and morning arrived, her insides felt like “the stillness a bell possesses just after it has been rung.”

That’s the kind of experience I wish for you in the coming days, Virgo. I know it can’t be exactly the same. Can you imagine what the nearest equivalent might be? Make it happen!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Ancient Greek philosopher Plato mistrusted laughter, poetry, bright colors, and artists who used bright colors.

All those soulful activities influenced people

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to be emotional, Plato thought, and therefore represented a threat to rational, orderly society.

Wow! I’m glad I don’t live in a culture descended from Plato! Oh, wait, I do. His writing is foundational to Western thought. One modern philosopher declared, “The European philosophical tradition consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.” Anyway, I’m counseling you to rebel against Plato in the coming weeks. You especially need experiences that awaken and please and highlight your feelings.

Contrary to Plato’s fears, doing this will boost your intelligence and enhance your decision-making powers.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A biography of Nobel Prize-winning Scorpio author Albert Camus noted that he had two modes. They are summed up in the French words solidaire (“unity”) and solitaire (“solitary”). When Camus was in a solidaire phase, he immersed himself in convivial engagement, enjoying the pleasures of socializing. But when he decided it was time to work hard on writing his books, he retreated into a monastic routine to marshal intense creativity. According to my astrological analysis, you Scorpios are currently in the solidaire phase of your rhythm. Enjoy it to the max! When might the next *solitaire* phase come?

October could be such a time.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): During the 76 years since the end of World War II, Italy has had 69 different governments. That’s a great deal of turnover! Is it a strength or weakness to have so many changes in leadership? On the one hand, such flexibility could be an asset; it might be wise to keep reinventing the power structure as circumstances shift. On the other hand, having so little continuity and stability may undermine confidence and generate stressful uncertainty. I bring this to your attention, Sagittarius, because you’re entering a phase when you could be as changeable as Italy.

Is that what you want? Would it serve you or undermine you? Make a conscious choice.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn actor Nicholas Browne testifies, “My heart is too full; it overflows onto everything I see. I am drowning in my own heart. I’ve plunged into the deepness of emotion, and I don’t see any way back up. Still, I pray no one comes to save me.” I’m guessing that his profound capacity to feel and express emotions serves Browne well in his craft. While I don’t recommend such a deep immersion for you 24/7/365, I suspect you’ll be wise to embark on such an excursion during the next three weeks.

Have fun diving! How deep can you go?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In accordance with current astrological omens, I’m calling on author Byron Katie to offer you a message. Is it infused with tough love or sweet encouragement? Both!

Here’s Katie: “When you realize that suffering and discomfort are the call to inquiry, you may actually begin to look forward to uncomfortable feelings.

You may even experience them as friends coming to show you what you have not yet investigated thoroughly enough.” Get ready to dive deeper than you’ve dared to go before, Aquarius. I guarantee you it will ultimately become fun and educational.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In August 1922, author Nikos Kazantzakis wrote this triumphant declaration: “All day today I’ve had the most gentle, quivering joy, because I’m beginning to heal. Consciously, happily, I feel that I am being born anew, that I am beginning once again to take possession of the light.” On behalf of the cosmic powers-that-be, I authorize you to use these words as your own in the coming weeks. They capture transformations that are in the works for you. By speaking Kazantzakis’s declarations aloud several times every day, you will ensure that his experience will be yours, too.

Homework. Name what you’re most eager to change about your life. Newsletter@ FreeWillAstrology.com ---------------------------------------Rob Brezsny - Free Will Astrology freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com

CANNABIS CORNER

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n trying to pick a topic to write about I came across an article concerning the hypothermic side effect of delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). It appears several folks get an intense cold sensation.

After doubling my dose of THC one day, I walked around freezing, wanting to put the heat on in 110° weather. Cannabinoids can change body temperature in a dosedependent manner.

Research on rats demonstrates high doses of cannabinoids can cause hypothermia following exposure to THC, low doses of THC can cause hyperthermia. However, there are no clinical case reports of life-threatening hyperthermia associated with the use of cannabis alone.

The body has a brilliant system for regulating temperature by the hypothalamus, which balances heat production and heat loss, with the goal of maintaining homeostasis.

The hypothalamus does not work alone — it coordinates with skin, sweat glands, and blood vessels, the “vents, condensers and heat ducts of your body’s heating and cooling system.”

The abuse of synthetic cannabis products that are more potent can cause deleterious side effects with young adults who believe synthetics like Spice are safe. Synthetic cannabinoids increase blood pressure through non-cannabinoid mechanisms. Structurally HU-210 is the molecule in Spice similar to Δ8-THC and 11-Hydroxy-Δ9-THC and is more potent than natural THC from cannabis with an extended duration of action. In July,2009,

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the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) placed HU-210 on its Drugs and Chemicals of Concern list.

Any, body-temperature changes caused by cannabis is usually mild and passes quickly.

Smoking will not cause any significant issues related to body heat. If uncomfortable symptoms persist, you may want an evaluation by a medical professional for other issues like hyperthyroidism. Follow Riley Dee on Tiktok at www.tiktok.com/@cannabichem.

All side effects from ingesting cannabis are dose-dependent and dissipate within hours.

The half-life of THC for an infrequent user is 1.3 days. For heavy users, the half-life can be 5-13 days. This means that it takes about 1.3 days for half of the THC metabolites to be eliminated from the body in an infrequent

cannabis smoker’s body. Specimens can be found to be positive after 4, 5, and 12 days of consumption in infrequent users. In heavy users’ positive results were found after 17, 22, and 27 days. Half-life for oral cannabidiol (CBD) in humans, is about 1 to 2 days.

Notice how I emphasized side effects are dose-dependent? How can these compounds do both, relieve stress, anxiety, then cause anxiety, allow you to sleep at night then cause insomnia? The other rule about cannabis side effects is the “biphasic effect.” The biphasic effect makes certain compounds — including CBD, caffeine, and alcohol — to have an opposite effect depending on whether you take smaller or larger amounts.

Cannabis plays a vital role in maintaining cellular balance in the human body. The goal

is to find the Goldilocks zone. Too much, too little, or the wrong combo of cannabinoids can have a biphasic effect causing the opposite.

Do you know anyone who drinks coffee in the morning to rinse the cobwebs in their brain, and then drinks coffee at 2 am and proceeds to fall blissfully asleep?

The biphasic effect is the most frequent reason people discontinue using medical cannabis. Environmental, medical, and activity changes all affect response to cannabis. Knowing how to juggle and titrate your dose is a skill developed over time, not a fixed constant like taking 100 mg of Synthroid for life. Cannabis users learn to manage unexpected operations, muscular injuries, common colds, or terminal diseases with various doses and ratios of THC and CBD. If you have given up on using cannabis visit holistic caring for a professional coach who can reduce the pharmaceuticals in your medicine cabinet and replace them with various combinations of cannabis for the maladies you encounter. It is worth the effort when you remember side effects from pharmaceuticals are lethal but there is no documented case for death by cannabis.

The graph above is a replica of Figure 23 in CBD: A Patient’s Guide to Medicinal Cannabis

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n a nation that treats dogs like family and delights in the joy of lively puppies, there are still countless litters of these little creatures rendered homeless by a variety of circumstances. Groups of abandoned and neglected dogs and puppies suffer in our desert heat, laying huddled together for comfort. They are subject to heat stroke, parasites, and a variety of deadly diseases. Some will perish. Some litters of young puppies end up in large public shelters that simply cannot accommodate their frequent feedings, including possible bottle feeding.

One local woman making a difference is Marie Marcinko, Loving All Animals’

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MARIE MARCINKO: FOSTER MOM EXTRAORDINAIRE

extraordinary foster mom, who specializes in fostering precious homeless puppies.

This amazing woman has fostered a total of 122 dogs for Loving All Animals. Sometimes Marie fosters a mother dog with nursing puppies. At other times she fosters just the little orphaned ones which may require bottle feeding. This summer Marie fostered a tiny underage kitten, bottle feeding her around the clock, saving the tiny creature’s life until their regular kitten fosters returned from vacation.

Loving All Animals rescues dogs from public shelters that euthanize, they also rescue abandoned strays, as well as animals whose humans can no longer provide

care. This summer Marie fostered a stray underage kitten, bottle feeding her around the clock, saving the tiny creature’s life until their regular kitten fosters returned from vacation.

A retired nurse, Marie began fostering 11 years ago when she volunteered at the old Indio shelter. Wanting to provide a warm and loving environment where the dogs could thrive, Marie found fostering to be the perfect solution. She began taking the dogs into her home, helping the frightened ones experience love, and helping them all become trained and socialized.

Marie enthusiastically exclaims, “I love fostering! It gives me a purpose, it keeps me motivated, and it brings me the greatest joy imaginable! I love knowing that my efforts often save a life. Fostering is such an important part of my life that I can’t imagine not doing it. Sometimes people question whether it makes me sad when the foster leaves. Sometimes it is a bit sad, but I get to meet the adopters, and the sadness turns to joy when I see them getting a great home with smiling adopters. Sometimes I keep in touch and get updates. Fostering fulfills a need within me that is hard to explain in words. I encourage others to give fostering a try, take just ONE dog or cat, maybe an adult animal that’s less work Why does she favor fostering puppies?

Marie explains, “I originally started with puppies because one of my dogs, Annie, doesn’t always like every adult dog.

However, Annie always reacted favorably to young puppies. My approach to each group of puppies depends on their age and whether they come with mom. Mothers and puppies are easy as the mother dog provides much of the care, and I provide food for the mom and a quiet resting area. Orphan puppies require more care and frequent feedings.

The youngest puppy I had was just 2 weeks old, and I had to feed him puppy formula. It’s so much fun to watch the puppies grow.”

Loving All Animals provides foster parents with food, supplies, and the support they need every step of the way. Loving All Animals pays for the vet care the puppies require, including their vaccinations, deworming, microchipping, and spaying/neutering. They have extensive social media contacts that quickly find wonderful adopters.

The crisis for homeless animals is even greater than usual this summer. Some of the

MEET CHRISSY

MEET TORTIE

This lovely 3-yr-old mixed German Shepherd girl waits patiently for a home at the Humane Society of the Coachella Valley in N. Palm Springs.

Sweet & loyal Chrissy had a long wait at the San Bernardino County shelter at Devore when abandoned, then her adopted human pass away from cancer. Chrissy will do best with a dog experienced family. Call (760) 329-0203 for an appointment to meet Chrissy.

I’m a gorgeous Tortie girl waiting for a home at the Coachella Valley Animal Campus shelter. Come meet me between 10am and 4pm Mon through Sat at 70-050 Pet Land Place, Thousand Palms, and ask to see cat ID#1632418.

I’m only 2 years old, and full of kitten energy to entertain you! www.rcdas.org, (760) 343-3644.

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BY JANET McAFEE people who happily adopted animals while at home during the pandemic return then when they go back to work. Some animals have separation anxiety, and impatient owners don’t explore options to help them cope. The snowbirds and Canadians who foster and adopt dogs and cats haven’t returned. Other Coachella Valley residents, now free to travel by plane and train, are enjoying overdue vacations.

Your phone call today enables Loving All Animals to go out tomorrow and save a despondent dog who just lost his family.

Fosters for medium and large size dogs are greatly needed. Some of their shelter pups need a calm place to recover after surgeries.

Others need some extra TLC because they are frightened. They work with you to learn about your preferences. Call Loving All Animals at (760) 834-7000 or visit www. lovingallanimals.org to find out how you can become part of their life saving foster team.

Janetmcafee8@gmail.com -------------------------------------------------Here is a partial list of Inland Empire shelters and rescue groups where you can adopt a wonderful dog or cat.

COACHELLA VALLEY ANIMAL CAMPUS – This county shelter is now open for walk in visitors 10am-4pm Mon through Sat. ALL ANIMALS AVAILABLE FOR $5 ADOPTION FEE IN JULY. You can view the animals at all four Riverside county shelters at www.rcdas.org, and get the ID number, 72050 Pet Land Place, Thousand Palms, (760) 343-3644. (Public) PALM SPRINGS ANIMAL SHELTER – This shelter is open every day except Tuesday. View their animals online at www. psanimalsshelter.org, 4575 E. Mesquite Ave, Palm Springs, (760) 416-5718. (Public) DESERT HOT SPRINGS ANIMAL CARE & CONTROL - Open daily 9:30-4:30. View their animals at www.cityofdhs.org/animal-carecontrol.com, 65810 Hacienda Ave, Desert Hot Springs, (760) 329-6411 ext. 450.

ANIMAL SAMARITANS – Call for an appointment to adopt. View their animals at www.animalsamaritans.org.

Email acorrow@animalsamaritans.org to foster.

Located at 72307 Ramon Rd, Thousand Palms, (760) 601-3918. (Private)

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CALIFORNIA PAWS RESCUE - Call for an appointment to adopt. Located at 73650 Dinah Shore, Palm Desert. View their animals at www.californiapawsrescue.com, (760) 656-8833. (Private) HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY – Call for an appointment to adopt a dog or cat. This shelter has lots of big dogs and some cats. View some of their animals at www.orphanpet.com. Located at 17825 N. Indian Canyon, Palm Springs, (760) 3290203. (Private) KITTYLAND – The shelter is closed so call for an appointment to visit and adopt a cat.

Located at 67600 18th Avenue, Desert Hot Springs, www.kittylandrescue.org, (760) 251-2700. (Private) FOREVER MEOW – Foster based rescue for cats located in Rancho Mirage. Contact them at www.ForeverMeow.org, (760) 3356767. (Private) PRETTY GOOD CAT – Foster based rescue for cats located in La Quinta. Contact them at www.prettygoodcat.com, (760) 660-3414 (Private) BFF4pets – Foster based rescue for dogs and cats located in La Quinta. Email them

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at rescues@bff4pets.com, (310) 431-7818 (Private) LOVING ALL ANIMALS – Call for appointment to visit and adopt dogs.

Located at 83496 Avenue 51, Coachella, www.lovingallanimals.org, (760) 834-7000.

(Private) LIVING FREE ANIMAL SANCTUARY – Large outdoor shelter for dogs and cats up Hwy 74, Mountain Center, view animals at www.living-free.org, and call (951) 6594687. (Private) MORONGO BASIN HUMANE SOCIETY – Located at 4646 Sun View Rd, Joshua Tree, www.mbhumanesociety.com, call between 11am-2pm (760) 366-3786 (Private) CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ANIMAL SHELTER – The shelter is now open for Walk in visitors 12 noon – 3:00pm Tuesday through Saturday. Hours for adoption 10am – 5pm Tuesday thru Sat. Google “City of San Bernardino Animal Shelter” for website to view animals and get the ID number of the animal you want to meet. Located at 333 Chandler Place, San Bernardino, (909) 3841304 or (909) 384-7272. (Public) SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER AT DEVORE – Shelter is now open for walk ins 7 days a week. Call (909) 3869280. View animals at www.sbcounty.gov/ acc and get the ID number of animal you are interested in adopting, 19777 Shelter Way, San Bernardino (Public).

DREAM TEAM ANGELS RESCUE - Foster based rescue located in Grand Terrace/San Bernardino area. Contact them through website www.DreamTeamangelsrescue. com, (360) 688-8884. (Private)

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nyone who has purchased anything of late has noticed that prices are going up. Whether it is a pound of bacon or a gallon of gas, prices seem to be headed higher.

If we go back to that very first issue of CV Weekly, 521 issues ago, a pound of bananas was $6.49. Today, that same bunch costs $9.98 and more if it is organic. This means that bananas have gone up, on average 7% annually since 2011. An ounce of vanilla extract may not yet rival inkjet prices but have seen prices increase by 90% over the last decade.

Both a pound of bacon and a pound jar of peanut butter have seen 4.3% each year with bacon currently at $9.98/pound while a jar of Skippy’s is $3.89. A pound of ground round beef that is 90% lean is up 2.7% while a five pound bag of potatoes is up 4% on average each year over the last decade.

A loaf of white Wonder bread has seen its price decline by 35% over the last ten years. Similarly, Duncan Hines cake mix has decreased the size of their cake mix by 3 ounces or 16% and its price by 56%. Bisquick shrank the size of its 28 ounce box to 20 ounces while decreasing the price by a dime to $2.28. Even staples like Kellogg’s Corn Flakes have seen a 23% price decrease over the last decade to $2.98 at Walmart.

This small sample set suggests that protein prices are going up while empty calories and/

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PRICES THEN NOW AND TOMORROW

BY HADDON LIBBY

or highly processed foods are declining in popularity and price. Additionally, no name and store name brands have served to keep a lid on the prices of many shelf stable products.

The cost to buy a home has increased from an average national purchase price of $259,300 to $428,000 today for a 50% increase over the decade. In places like the Coachella Valley, prices have increased at an even faster pace. If you think back to 2011 the Valley was coming out of an economic depression that saw home values decline 70% from the go-go days prior to the 2008 Great Recession.

Generally, greater efficiencies by Food, Inc. have resulted in price stability. It is impressive that the price of a pound of boneless chicken breasts has remained low at $3.38/pound, an

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annual increase of only 1-2% annually over the last ten years.

While gas prices near $5/gallon in California, the national average is nearly half that at $2.60/gallon. If we go for a drive in the wayback machine and dial up 2011, gas was $3.60/gallon. Ten years ago, markets were wildly speculating on oil prices driving the cost of a barrel of oil to $112. Today that same barrel is about $65 or less than half as much.

On a relative basis, the price of the goods that we consume, have stayed reasonably stable in prices. As global wealth has increased, it only makes sense that the cost of protein has increased.

The hidden driver of much of this price stability involves greater efficiencies, stagnant wage growth and low interest rates.

LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF THE INJURED & CRIMINALLY ACCUSED

YOU ARE IN GOOD HANDS AND YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBOR WILL GIVE YOU A PIECE OF THE ROCK!.. REALLY?

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o you believe that sh_t? Insurance companies will say anything to get you to come in and buy their product.

This is true for many sales pitches, be it an Insurance co; a car dealership; a mattress store; an internet marketing co. or some law firms…. although law firms are supposed to be held to a higher standard.

Did you think there was a modicum of truth in those advertising pitches? We are all in the business to make money…….in some instances adjusters receive perks or advancements by paying the least on a claim.

Your better than that! The truth is “You’re not in good hands and your friendly neighbor will not give you a piece of the rock!” If you ask if you could handle an Accident Case on your own, the answer is YES, you could, but you will be taken advantage of by the adjusters?

You have to realize what you have to do to maximize your recovery. Some of these things are listed below: 1. CALL POLICE: gather info; take cell phone pictures of car, license and insurance cards.

2. YOU SHOUD REALLY HIRE A LAWYER ASAP so evidence does not get cold or destroyed.

3. BE HONEST and DON’T HIDE PRIOR ACCIDENTS FROM YOUR LAWYER OR DOCTOR. 4. DON’T MISS MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS OR HAVE GAPS IN TREATMENTS: Adjusters know jurors expect victims will treat regularly without missing appointments. Otherwise jurors ask “how badly could they have been

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It is the printing of more than $12 trillion in new money over the last eighteen months that is part of price increases. Supply bottlenecks caused by the ongoing pandemic may be part of the reason why the Federal Reserve calls current ‘transitory’. One cannot and should not discount the impact of the greatest increase in the money supply. The money supply grew by more than one-third over the last eighteen months – the fastest growth rate in the history of the United States by far. In the past, the printing of so much money has been accompanied by double digit increases in inflation…sort of like what we are seeing now. Is it transitory? History would suggest no.

Haddon Libby is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Winslow Drake Investment Management. For more information, please visit WinslowDrake.com

injured?”

5. PURCHASE ADEQUATE INSURANCE: Many CV locals DO NOT HAVE ADEQUATE OR ENOUGH AUTO INSURANCE. You need more than the minimum insurance on your car with elevated UM. Without more than $15k you are taking your life in your own hands. In the last 18 months, two of my clients died in separate accidents and the “at fault” party had $15k or NO insurance coverage AND my clients only had $15k.

6. PROPERTY DAMAGE: If your lawyer suggests a body shop…go there. Don’t take your car to a friend’s body shop so that your $7,000 property damage is fixed for $2500. One insurance company criteria for settling is to look at the amount of your car’s property damage.

When it is low the insurance companies makes low offers. REMEMBER, INSURANCE CO’S HIRE BIASED EXPERTS TO DENY AND UNDERPAY CLAIMS 7. SILENCE IS GOLDEN: While talking to the police or adjuster remember this adage. It is not only what you say BUT what the adjuster or officer THOUGHT HE HEARD YOU SAY. DON’T GIVE A STATEMENT TO ANY INSURANCE CO WITHOUT YOUR LAWYER’S OK. 8. GET IMMEDIATE MED TREATMENT: Refusing to take an ambulance to the hospital because you did not want to incur ambulance or emergency room bills with your limited finances hurts your case.

9. DON’T HANDLE THE CASE YOURSELF: Don’t initially handle the case. Getting a

maximum recovery is a “work of art”. Don’t put your bills through Medicare or Medicaid. There are many reasons but just don’t do it.

10. DON’T TREAT WITH WRONG DOC: Don’t use your regular doctor! Instead consider one your lawyer suggests; one that you had not seen before. Your regular doctor’s file has all your prior complaints and injuries and we all have skeletons in our closet…things you do not realize are skeletons. The insurance company will interpret the following as a skeleton: prior accidents; seeing a shrink (that does not play well in front of some jurors unless you see the doc for this accident); having a venereal disease; having had an abortion (without sharing with your spouse); having an alcohol or drug issue etc.

11. SEE A DOCTOR EXPERIENCED WITH PREPARING MED/LEGAL REPORTS: You want a doctor who is not only a good physician but is good at preparing MED/LEGAL reports. The doctor’s description of your pains is critical. That is why for years I lectured to the International College of Surgeons at their annual conference on “How to Write a Med/Legal Report”.

12. DON’T HIRE AN OUT OF TOWN LAWYER: Though good lawyers, they will not know the local judges and court personnel (clerks and bailiffs) and a lawyer can often get a lot of info from them…if they are friends.

13. DON’T POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA (FB): Don’t post that you’re feeling great or running to play tennis or golf. The insurance company will argue if you were well enough to play a sport you couldn’t be hurt that badly. Social media is the biggest advance for insurance

companies who no longer have to hire private investigators. They learn from your daily posts how you are doing and that could be the kiss of death for your case. Take down your social media until the case is over. The insurance company can learn your friends and have investigators talk to them and learn how healthy you are. Your friends may assume you are ok because you do not complain.

HONESTLY, You must realize that insurance companies do whatever they can to pay less money on a case… AUTO, HURRICANE, FLOODS, FIRE… IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE. They wouldn’t have all those tall buildings if they were not making a lot of money.

Ideas for future columns contact Dale Gribow 760-837-7500 or dale@dalegribowlaw. com.

DALE GRIBOW - REPRESENTING THE INJURED AND CRIMINALLY ACCUSED “TOP LAWYER” - California’s Prestige Magazine, Palm Springs Life (PI/DUI) 2011-21 “TOP LAWYER” - Inland Empire Magazine 2016- 2019 PERFECT: 10.0 AVVO Peer Rating AND “AV” Martindale Hubbell Rating Legal Columnist in LA & CV Papers/Guest Society Columnist Desert Sun / Legal Talk Show Host "ACCIDENTALLY YOURS" “DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE OR TEXT AND GET A DUI OR ACCIDENT. CALL A TAXI, LYFT OR UBER. THEY ARE A LOT CHEAPER THAN CALLING ME”. SO DRIVE SOBER OR GET PULLED OVER.

SAFETY TIPS

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he first lesson on the agenda is check with your District and ensure you are up to date with all COVID – 19 recommendations. It is important to be prepared and know what to expect. Children are nervous and it is up to you to demonstrate a calm and composed demeanor. This will help ease your child’s anxiety.

When I was younger, I hated all the backto-school commercials. They were a dreaded reminder that summer was over and pretty soon, I would be back inside a hot, stuffy

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FROM THE CHIEF’S CORNER

August 12 to August 18, 2021

BY FIRE CHIEF SAM DIGIOVANNA

classroom, mourning my lost freedom.

“School is a building which has four walls with tomorrow inside.”

As an adult, the back-to-school season brings another warning: Morning and afternoon commutes will now involve throngs of students walking, bicycling, driving, or riding buses to and from school.

We were all kids once, so we know we cannot count on them to be paying attention. That is why it is important to use extra caution while driving in school zones.

Use the following information to spread the word of safety in your community: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that seventy-five school-age pedestrians are killed each year during school travel. These are preventable deaths! Let us share some lessons and start a safety campaign in the communities we protect with these safety reminders: It is illegal to pass a school bus that is stopped to load or unload children.

School buses use yellow flashing lights to alert motorists that they are preparing to stop to load or unload children. Red flashing lights and an extended stop sign arm signals to motorists that the bus is stopped, and children are getting on or off the bus.

The area ten feet around a school bus is where children are in the most danger of being hit. Stop your car far enough from the bus to allow children the necessary space to safely enter and exit the bus.

Be alert. Children walking to or from their bus are usually very comfortable with their surroundings. This makes them more likely to take risks, ignore hazards or fail to look both ways when crossing the street.

Drivers should not block the crosswalk

become the new normal. Furthermore, your children will most likely want to use the laptop for purposes other than learning, especially if they are forced to stay indoors more than usual due to the circumstances. On low-cost PCs, you can join Discord groups, have video hangouts, and play Fortnite. Side activities like this are crucial for keeping the peace and avoiding boredom, especially since socialdistancing measures are likely to remain in place for a long time. With so much time to be spent online likely this fall, you’ll need to select a laptop that can handle all the requirements without spending a lot of money. There is a lot of advice on which operating system is best for a student’s laptop, how to evaluate durability, and what type of specifications are suitable for a child’s laptop.

Routers and Wi-Fi You’ll need to make sure you have a dependable internet connection once you’ve decided on the sort of computer to get your kids this year. A wired Ethernet connection is always the most dependable choice, but most homes aren’t wired for Ethernet in every spot

where you might wish to compute. Instead of a single new router, you could require a mesh system or network extender if you have a larger home with plenty of nooks and crannies or a structure that is signal impermeable. An extender amplifies a signal from a router to another single site, but the former employs several nodes that enhance each other and produce a “net” of constant signal across their service area. If you’re searching for a low-cost device, opt for one that supports 802.11ac (the current standard) or 802.11ax (called Wi-Fi 6) if you’re looking for something cutting-edge.

Headphones with Noise Cancellation The appropriate headphones can help a student study more effectively by improving concentration and efficiency. Maybe you have a sibling in your study room, or your dorm is never quiet. Noise-canceling headphones will come in handy in this case. While the best headphones for students differ based on their needs, you should look for a design that has a long battery life, is portable, wireless, and is multipurpose, meaning it can be used for both studying and listening to music or audio files.

Apps for taking notes While a pen and paper are generally advised for taking notes, if you just use that, chances are you’ll have a large amount of data that will need a lot of storage space by the end of the year. Students, on the other hand, will be able to attend their online classes with comfort, knowing that they won’t have to carry heavy books to take notes.

Furthermore, conventional notebooks have become outdated, and using a modern app guarantees that you are always up to date on the latest technology in the classroom. While OneNote and Evernote are the most popular note-taking applications among students and professionals, the type to choose depends on

when stopped at a red light or waiting to make a turn. Do not stop with a portion of your vehicle over the crosswalk.

In a school zone when a warning flasher or flashers are blinking, you must stop to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a marked crosswalk or at an intersection with no marked crosswalk.

Remember: Children are the least predictable pedestrians and the most difficult to see. Take extra care to look out for children not only in school zones, but also in residential areas, playgrounds, and parks.

Do not honk your horn, rev your engine, or do anything to rush or scare a pedestrian in front of your car, even if you have the legal right-of-way.

“Intelligence plus character—that is the true goal of education.” — Martin Luther King Now that is just the first lesson. There is much more schooling on safety if you are interested in spreading this safety message.

Check out https://lnkd.in/gnJANZVc. Be Safe and Have Fun!

CYBER CORNER

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oth parents and students have definitely felt the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, being stuffed together 24x7 with going to school and working at home. As businesses continue to struggle with a new work-from-home culture and new sets of logistical and security-based issues presented by changing regulations as well as the fall and rise of coronavirus cases.

Now we face in-class learning as back-toschool time is here once again, but this year is unlike any other in recent times. Whether you’re a parent preparing your children for preschool or elementary school, a student preparing for a new grade in middle or high school, or a college student preparing for another semester, purchasing necessary gear is only one aspect of the preparation.

You may spend part or all of the forthcoming school year learning from home and coping with all of the additional problems that entail in this era of social distancing and possible blended home/in-person teaching. Turning a house into a makeshift classroom necessitates creativity on the part of students and parents, and this is where technology can help. We’re sure you have a long list of tech items on your back-to-school to-do list, ranging from protecting your children’s eyes from blue light to making sure your Wi-Fi connection is strong enough for multiple video conferences. We’ve compiled a list of technology and products that remote students will find handy this academic year.

Must-Have Tech for at Home, or on Campus Learning: Laptops Laptops are now more important than ever for your school-aged children. With many schools intending to offer some or all of their fall sessions online, a portable PC will be a vital tool for homework and virtual class attendance. For many, staring at a screen will

BY DENNIS SHELLY whether you want something simple for taking quick notes or something more advanced.

Smart printer A smart printer allows for rapid and easy printing, which is especially useful on hectic mornings. Students may use the Smart app to print, scan, and copy from anywhere with the Smart Wireless Printer. It includes Alexa and Google Home support for voice-activated printing, as well as a space-saving design. The finest printers for college students provide strong printing performance and simple connectivity (both wired and wireless) with mobile devices, all without spending a lot of money.

What used to be a once-in-a-while usage of online platforms or course-related software is now required to keep students on track.

Remote learning will be the new norm for students starting the next academic year, so devices or accessories that can make a difficult situation slightly easier or more comfortable — whether a laptop desk to relieve back strain or a notepad that can be used to transfer scribbles directly into digital coursebooks — can only be beneficial. You’ll need all of the homely basics to make your dorm room attractive and comfortable when you go to college, but you’ll also need the best technology available in this day and age. Whether you’re taking classes in person or online, you’ll need all of the top selections from a variety of buying guides to offer you the finest tech for every college student. You’ll need a laptop, printer, and chargers to get by, but having fun gear like headphones, speakers, smart home gadgets, and more in your home away from home is always a plus.

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